Thomas Mann House Events Archive
October 2018
Education - Excellence at All Costs?
Boston
An event by the German American Conference, co-sponsored by VATMH
Speakers: Jutta Allmendinger (Thomas Mann Fellow), Jörg Dräger (Bertelsmann Stiftung), Manuel Hartung (DIE ZEIT), Nicole Menzenbach (Consul General of Germany, German Consulate Boston), Nikhil Goyal (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge), Pam Eddinger (Bunker Hill Community College)
The field of education is under constant tension between excellence for a few or affordable education for many if not for all.
On an almost daily basis international students in the US come across differences in the educational systems, especially in higher education. Navigating them can be challenging at times. The education panel will offer a closer look at both the German and American system of higher education and explore similarities as well as differences.
Especially concerning the long-term impact that political and personal decisions in this area have, the education panel aims to improve our understanding of the advantages and drawbacks of the American system of excellence for a few (requiring huge financial commitment) and the German system of affordable education for a large student body.
What are the pros and cons of each system from the perspectives of scientists, politicians, and professors? How much are individuals and society willing - or even required - to sacrifice, financially and personally, and what are the consequences of high tuition for individuals? And maybe the most important question: What can America learn from Germany and vice versa?
Education has long term effects on every individual, the society at large, and future generations. Unlimited access to knowledge is a social and economic key for individual, societal, and economical growth. How can we ensure access to education for everybody while maintaining the highest possible quality of education to allow for innovation and growth?
Location
Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115
Ticket reservations: https://www.germanamericanconference.org/tickets/
Event information: https://www.germanamericanconference.org/agenda/
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What is in a Category? Telling Political Refugees and Economic Migrants Apart
Berkeley
Please join us for our Annual Bucerius Lecture with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, followed by a conversation with Jutta Allmendinger, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
The Bucerius Lecture is part of an annual lecture and workshop program at GHI West, funded by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, one of the major German private foundations active in the field of migration and transformation studies. This year's lecture is co-sponsored by the Thomas Mann House Los Angeles and the International Rescue Committee.
David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. He oversees the agency’s relief and development operations in over 30 countries, its refugee resettlement and assistance programs throughout the United States and the IRC’s advocacy efforts in Washington and other capitals on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D. is President of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and Professor of Sociology in Education and Labor Market Research at Humboldt Universität Berlin. Currently, she is spending four months at Thomas Mann House Los Angeles as one of the first Thomas-Mann-Fellows, appointed by the German Federal Foreign Office.
An event by the German Historical Institute in Washington DC and the ZEIT-Stiftung, co-sponsored by the International Rescue Committee and VATMH
